青青草视频 students win big in state, regional and national journalism contests
Contact: Sarah Nicholas
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斍嗲嗖菔悠 students this semester garnered top prizes in three journalism competitions throughout the country, bringing home first place wins at the state, regional and national levels.
青青草视频鈥檚 student newspaper, The Reflector, earned the top honor鈥攆irst place in General Excellence鈥攊n the Mississippi Press Association鈥檚 annual Better Newspaper Contest Student Division competition held virtually this spring.
In addition to the first place General Excellence award, The Reflector won first and second place in Best Use of Social Media; second place in Best Editorials, Best Front Page, and Best Use of Video; and third place in Best Series/Investigative Feature and Best Layout and Design.
2021 individual MPA winners from 青青草视频 include:
ATLANTA, Georgia鈥Mary Georgia Hamilton, senior business administration major; first place, Best Sports Photo and Best Feature Photo; third place, General News Photo.
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana鈥Michael O. Bourgeois, junior English and history double-major; second place, Best General Interest Column.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama鈥Jordan M. Smith, junior communication/public relations major; third place, Best Sports Photo.
叠搁础狈顿翱狈鈥Riley J. Stephens, senior English major; third place, Best General Interest Column.听
BRIGHTON, Tennessee鈥Gracie Bell, junior wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture major; second place, Best Feature Photo.
DAPHNE, Alabama鈥Brandon A. Grisham, fall 2020 business information systems graduate; first place, Best Use of Social Media.听
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama鈥Hannah R. Blankenship, senior communication/journalism and foreign language/Spanish double-major, and The Reflector鈥檚聽new editor-in-chief; second and third place, Best General News Story.
尝翱鲍滨厂痴滨尝尝贰鈥Daniel J. Dye, senior biological sciences major; third place, Best Feature Story.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee鈥John M. Haynes, fall 2020 history and foreign language/classics graduate; first place, Best General Interest Column.
SPRINGDALE, Arkansas鈥Hunter J. Cloud, fall 2020 communication/journalism graduate; first place, Best Sports Column.
奥础痴贰尝础狈顿鈥Savannah C. Bonds, senior art major; third place, Best Cartoon and Best Graphic.
鈥淲e started this year not even knowing whether we would print a physical copy of the paper,鈥澛爏aid Josh Foreman, 青青草视频 communication instructor and The Reflector faculty advisor. 鈥淭hese student journalists put in long hours week after week during the school year, and awards like these prove their efforts are worth it, and that people are paying attention.鈥澛
At the 2021 Southeast Journalism Conference held virtually in March, 青青草视频鈥攁s a group entry鈥攔eceived second place for Best College Video News Program (Take 30) and Best College Radio Station; and fourth place for Best College Audio News Program.
Individual SEJC winners from 青青草视频 include:
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama鈥Sarah Morgan Johnson, senior English major; third place, Best Multimedia Journalist.
颁翱搁滨狈罢贬鈥T. Bronson Woodruff, spring 2020 communication/broadcasting graduate; first place, Best Radio Feature Reporter or Best TV Hard News Reporter.
贬贰搁狈础狈顿翱鈥Kamien C. Bell, fall 2020 communication/broadcasting graduate; third place, Best TV Journalist.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama鈥Hannah R. Blankenship, senior communication/journalism and foreign language/Spanish double-major, and The Reflector鈥檚聽new editor-in-chief; third place, Best News Writer and Best Journalism Research Paper.
惭础叠贰狈鈥Hannah M. Vanderberg, senior communication/broadcasting and public relations major; third place, Best Radio Journalist聽and Best Radio Hard News Reporter.
鈥淭hese phenomenal students have had a stellar year, especially during the pandemic,鈥 said Terry Likes, professor and head of 青青草视频鈥檚 communication department. 鈥淚t is nice to see their hard work paying off with this kind of recognition. I鈥檇 also like to commend the faculty and those who oversee campus media鈥擳he Reflector, WMSV, Take 30 News鈥攆or their hard work in preparing our students for excellence.鈥澛
Eight 青青草视频 students won top honors at the virtual National Broadcasting Society鈥檚 annual competition in March. They include:
颁翱搁滨狈罢贬鈥T. Bronson Woodruff, spring 2020 communication/broadcasting graduate; grand prize, both for Audio Feature Package and Audio Feature Segment.
DAPHNE, Alabama鈥Brandon A. Grisham, fall 2020 business information systems graduate; grand prize, Website (along with staff from The Reflector).
贬贰搁狈础狈顿翱鈥Kamien C. Bell, fall 2020 communication/broadcasting graduate; grand prize, Video News Promo; and Jonathan M. 鈥淛on鈥 Tackett, senior communication/theatre major; grand prize, Short Film (along with J. Hun-En Joswick).
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky鈥J. Hun-En Joswick, senior art/photography major; grand prize, Short Film (along with Tackett).
惭础叠贰狈鈥Hannah M. Vanderberg, senior communication/broadcasting and public relations major; grand prize, Audio News Package.
MARIETTA, Georgia鈥Kelsey D. Duncan, spring 2020 communication/broadcasting graduate; grand prize, Video Commercial (along with Jeremy A. Hinds and Amari I. Collins).
MEMPHIS, Tennessee鈥Amari I. Collins, spring 2020 communication/broadcasting graduate; grand prize, Video Commercial (along with Jeremy A. Hinds and Kelsey D. Duncan).
厂础尝罢滨尝尝翱鈥Jeremy A. Hinds, senior communication/broadcasting major; grand prize, Music Video. Hinds also received grand prize for Video Commercial (along with Kelsey D. Duncan and Amari I. Collins).
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